subsannation
English
Etymology
Latin subsannatio, from subsannare (“to deride by mimicking gestures”).
Noun
subsannation (uncountable)
- (obsolete, rare) derision; mockery
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for subsannation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin subsannātiō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /syp.sa.na.sjɔ̃/
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Noun
subsannation f (plural subsannations)
- (obsolete, literary) derision; mockery